Week 17: W/C 13th July

 

Moving into Year 6…

Week 16: W/C 6th July

Wow! Can you believe that there are only 2 weeks left in Year 5?! It makes me really emotional to think our time together is coming to an end but also super happy to think back on our wonderful memories together! You have been an amazing class to teach and each and every single one of you have brought so much happiness to me during our time together in Year 5!

You all continued to work really well last week. I have been so impressed with your commitment and dedication to your home learning and how you have continued to do this each week! We are on Week 16 now…that’s 16 weeks of learning at home. 16 weeks of dedication and motivation from all of you so WELL DONE! I am so proud of you all!!!

Thank you to our challenge master this week for his super Wednesday challenge. I loved seeing all of your creations from nature. Head to the shout out page to see the highlights from this week as well as to see what your class mates have been up to!  Year 5 Shout Outs

This week, I would love you all to head to your Year 6 transition page. Mrs Ward has set some lovely activities which will help you to feel more prepared for Year 6. Your final year of primary school is sure to be the best yet and you should all feel super excited! I know Mrs Ward is VERY excited about teaching you – I have told her what an amazing class you are and she cannot wait to get to know you all even better! If you have any messages you’d like to give to Mrs Ward, please send them on Showbie and I can forward them on, this could be videos, voice notes or written messages. Any transition activities you complete this week, we would love you to bring them to your transition session with Mrs Ward. 

Moving into Year 6

Last week, my Mum celebrated her 50th birthday so I thought you’d like to see her birthday cake! The cake was homemade and I arranged the flowers and cake topper – she loved it!! It was really yummy too!!

Have a wonderful week!! Keep sending me your messages and work on Showbie! Give your final push for the last 2 weeks and work super hard!!!

Lots of love,

Miss Waite

Our Memories in Year 5

Take a look at some of the best bits in Year 5. We have taken so many pictures during our time together so it was difficult to choose the best bits. I love the group ones where you are all smiling so I hope all of these pictures put a smile on your face. My favourite pictures ever, of course, are all of us together! The Zimbabwe World Day of prayer and Who Does What Day pictures – aw!!

RE – Stewards of God’s Creation

This week, I would like you to all be co-creators and stewards of God’s creation. This was Gabriel’s idea and I love it – so thank you Gabriel! Do something this week that is a true act of kindness or something that really looks after the wonderful world we live in.

Perhaps you could even do one of each per day. I would love to hear about how you are being stewards of God’s creation this week so please do let me know!

Then, create a poster about the importance of caring for God’s creation that you could share with someone. Send me your posters – I can’t wait to see them!

Prayer

Set up a prayer corner for the last 2 weeks of Year 5. Use this special space you create as a place you can go to to reflect on all that you have achieved this year, to say thank you to God for what you are grateful for and also for your own prayer intentions. You all created really lovely prayer tables for May, the month of Mary, so I would love to see your prayer tables for the last two weeks. We are in ordinary time so the main colour could be green but this is your prayer corner so you can do whatever you choose.

I am grateful for having such a lovely class and for being able to teach you all. I am grateful that you are all safe and well at home. I am also grateful for my family and friends.

Here are some of your prayer tables from the month of May to perhaps inspire your own prayer corners this week.

Here is a special prayer you can say together with your families as we come to the end of another academic year.

 

Reading

Who doesn’t love chocolate?! You all know how much I love chocolate! This week, World Chocolate Day is on Tuesday so here are some reading comprehensions linked to chocolate!

Fairtrade Differentiated Reading Comprehension My Nan’s Chocolate Cake Reading comprehension Tabai and the Food of Gods Reading comprehension Devon and the Alux reading comprehension  

Maths

White Rose Maths

White Rose Maths Video Tutorials

Worksheets

Lesson 1: Regular and irregular polygons Lesson 2: Reasoning about 3D shapes Lesson 3: Reflection Lesson 4: Translation

Answers

LESSON 1 ANSWERS LESSON 2 ANSWERS LESSON 3 ANSWERS LESSON 4 ANSWERS

Chocolate Maths

It is World Chocolate Day on Tuesday (7th July) so enjoy a chocolate themed maths activity!!

Box of Chocolate Maths Activity

English

Here are some SPAG challenge cards for you to tackle. Work as hard as you can to complete all of the challenge cards throughout the week. There are 20 challenge cards so it is up to you how you stagger this throughout the week. Don’t peak at the answers.

If there is a particular challenge you find difficult, please message me on Showbie and I can find some activities to help you with that concept.

SPAG Challenge Cards SPAG Challenge Card – ANSWERS  

I would also like you to complete some specific BBC Bitesize English lessons this week. Please follow the links below:

1. Writing direct and indirect speech 2. Using relative clauses 3. Using fronted adverbials 4. Setting and subordinating conjunctions 5. Synonyms and antonyms  

 

Travel Agent Challenge

with Science, Geography, MFL, Computing, Maths & English links…

This week, I would like you to work on a special project that will cover a range of subjects including Maths, English Geography, Science, Computing and even MFL! It is a really exciting and fun project… you are going to become a travel agent and plan a holiday for the Anderson family! Take your time on this project. You could spend an hour a day working on it or you could spend 2/3 full afternoons working on it. Whatever you choose! Click on the button below to read your brief:

Year 5 Travel Agent Challenge

** Please remember that the Anderson family are a made up family as is the holiday you are a planning. 

Please remember to use the internet safely. “STOP, BLOCK & TELL!”

For this challenge, you will begin with thinking about the destination for the Andreson family holiday. Where should they go? Remember, the budget is £5000 so try and stick to this but it really doesn’t matter if you go over the budget as this a ‘make believe’ holiday. You could even go crazy and plan the biggest holiday ever!!!

Once you have decided on your destination, you need to think of the method of travel. For example, if you decide to go to Paris, you could get the Eurostar train but if you would like to go to Brazil or Australia, you would need to take a flight on an aeroplane. You can use travel sites to search flights/trains etc. if you search the travel sites this is safe. Once you have found the travel method and the times/flights etc. just simply close the browser/tab.

Remember, they need somewhere to stay – will they stay in a villa, a hotel, perhaps a camp site? If you decide on a camping holiday, the family will also need to purchase camping equipment!

Science/Geography

Then, the Anderson family simply want to know more about their destination. Research the wildlife in the area, the weather/climate, the population, neighbouring countries, how close it is to the equator and any interesting facts about the location!

MFL

How will the Anderson family enjoy their holiday if they can’t speak the language? Create some language prompts for the country you have decided on the destination for the holiday. This should include greetings, “my name is..” etc. anything you think they would need to say on holiday.

Finally, are there any really fun activities that the Anderson family could do whilst on holiday? Give the family details about this.

Please spend more time on researching information on the destination of the holiday. The travel method etc isn’t the most important thing about this project.

You can then present the whole holiday offer to the Anderson family in any way you choose – a PowerPoint, leaflet, travel brochure, letter. You choose! Happy holiday planning!

 

 

 

Week 15: W/C 29th June

A big hello to you all! The weeks are really flying by aren’t they?! Can you believe this is your 15th week of home learning? Whilst these have been really challenging, tricky times, I hope you are enjoying the precious family time! Weren’t we lucky with the weather last week?! It was SCORCHING!!!! I hope you all kept safe in the sun and wore sun cream and a sun hat. I heard from so many of you about lovely trips out, be it to the beach, waterfalls, parks! It has been so lovely to hear about what you’ve all been getting up to on your weekends and afternoons!

Shout outs to Maxwell, Ned, Sophie, Oliver, Eloise, Will, Jessica and Brody as they have all ready stood out this week for their fantastic writing! Well done! A special shout out this week to Jack and Molly for their FANTASTIC Wednesday challenges! They were both super creative and I was so pleased that their ideas linked so well together! Here are some highlights from Wednesday’s challenges….

Really make every moment count in these last few weeks – work as hard as you can because it will really help you as you move into Year 6! I can’t believe you are all going to be in Year 6. It feels like yesterday that you all started Year 5! I have LOVED teaching you all. You have definitely been a class I will remember forever!!

This week, there are some lovely activities for you to work on. Scroll down to the bottom of the week to find an extra special Science task – I hope you enjoy it! As always, please send me messages on Showbie – I love hearing from you all! Sorry if I’m sometimes not as quick to respond as usual as I am busy behind the scenes preparing transition plans for the school.

Have a lovely week. Sending you all a big smile!! Keep an eye on Showbie on Monday morning for a special surprise….

Lots of love! God bless!

Miss Waite xxx

 

 

 

RE – Hanukkah “The Festival of Light”

I hope you have been enjoying learning about Judaism. I’ve been really pleased with all the work you’ve been sending me. This week, I would like you to learn more about Hanukkah – the Jewish “Festival of Light”. Some of you may already know a little about this because of one of the grid tasks. Learn the story of Hanukkah, complete a reading comprehension and then colour in your own Menorah. The Menorah is the special set of candles that you see.

Find out the answers to the questions below:

The Story of Hanukkah  Hanukkah Menorah Colouring Page Judaism – Hanukkah Reading Comprehension  

What does the Menorah represent?

I would like you to also find out why the Menorah is the symbol of the Hanukkah festival. Perhaps you could create your own Menorah at home or draw one? I’d love to see what you find out and what you create.

 

 

 

 

Links to Help

BBC Religions – Judaism: Hanukkah Hanukkah – History Hanukkah: The Jewish Festival of Light What is a Menorah?

English

You all seem to be enjoying the SPAG mats and they are really useful for you to keep all of the learning in English this year bubbling ready for Year 6. Remember, they are 1/2/3 stars so choose one sheet per SPAG mat to complete.

SPAG Mat 1 SPAG Mat 2 SPAG Mat 3 SPAG Mat 4 SPAG Mat 5 SPAG Mat 6

If you would like to write at length and work your imagination, Pobble365 is a great place to go for inspiration. Choose a picture you like and then scroll down to find sentence starters, story starters and much more to inspire your creative writing. Perhaps you could even write your own story!

www.pobble365.com

Reading

This week, enjoy a reading comprehension about celebrating the NHS as well as polishing up on some reading skills including ordering information/events in the text and using evidence from the text. Remember our key phrase we love to use ‘because the text says…’. Choose the task that suits you best – 1, 2, 3 stars or by following the colour guide on the reading tasks.

Celebrating the NHS Reading Comprehension Number Events from the Text – Reading Task Explain your Answer using Evidence from the Text – Reading Task  

 

Maths

White Rose Maths

If you have a protractor at home, you will be able to complete Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 but if you don’t have a protractor – go straight to Lesson 3 and Lesson 4. You were all really confident in this before you began home learning so this is just revision! The video links will be put on as soon as they are made available.

Lesson 1: Measuring with a protractor Lesson 2: Drawing lines and angles  Lesson 3: Calculating angles on a straight line Lesson 4: Calculating angles around a point

 

Lesson 1 ANSWERS Lesson 2 ANSWERS Lesson 3: ANSWERS Lesson 4: ANSWERS

Solve the Mystery…

The Mystery of the Burgled Bangers Instruction Sheet The Mystery of the Burgled Bangers Activity Sheets  

DT

Family Lockdown Squares Letter

Hopefully you have all seen the letter from Mrs Ward that was sent to your parents about creating a family lockdown square. I would love all of Year 5 to be part of this project so this week, DT is focused on this!

As a school community we have spent a lot of unexpected time apart and it may be a
little longer before we are all back together as a school again.
We thought it would be lovely to make a commemorative piece as a school to
remember this time and to celebrate when we can finally gather together in full
again. The finished piece will be displayed in the ICT suite.
We would like to invite all staff and families to make a ‘lockdown square’. This is a
way for you to capture what this time has meant for you as a family. You could make
one square as a family or you may prefer to make one square per child in your
family. It’s up to you to choose.
It would be fantastic if you could make a fabric collage or use fabric paints, felt letters
and shapes, wool, threads, cross stitch, old socks (clean!) jeans, t-shirts, pillow
cases, even your St Joseph’s jumper that you might have outgrown, to make your
fabric square.

I would love to fill our shout out page with all of your family lockdown squares so please send me your creations as well as following the instructions on the letter. 

Please return your completed family square (with your family name and children’s class details on the back) to school by Friday 10th July.

History 

Comparing Viking Houses

This week, I would like you to research what Viking houses are like and then use the worksheets below to label a country house and a city house. Then spot the differences/similarities – what is similar about the two houses? What is different about the two houses?

You will need to use your research and the key words provided in the top left hand corner to help you label the houses. The answers are included so try not to peak!!

Activity 1: Label Viking Country House Activity 2: Label Viking City House

Write a comparative information text:

Using your research from last week, write an information text to compare Anglo Saxon living with modern day society. Here are some top tips below to help you with your information text.

 

Click here for a writing frame (intro and subheadings given) PDF

PE

 

This week, I would like you to begin to plan your own sports day. It would be great for you to include sprinting races, a relay race and a novelty race. Get the whole family involved! It will be great fun! I’d love to see your sports days so send me pictures and videos on Showbie! I’ll upload them to the Shout Out page so everyone can see Year 5’s home sports days! 

Week 14: W/C 22nd June

Happy Monday my lovelies! I hope you all had a lovely Father’s Day weekend. We were blessed again with glorious sunshine all weekend! You all worked so hard last week and I am so pleased with how you all took to the new Wednesday Challenge! Thank you to our Year 5 challenge masters for their fantastic challenges for the very first Wednesday Challenge. Shout out to Maxwell and Jake for being the first and second Year 5s to get the answer to the logic puzzle question. Well done also to all of you who designed your own chocolate bar – what a great challenge that was too!! Head over to our class shout out page to see all of the designs. Remember, if you haven’t sent me your Wednesday Challenge idea, you still can. I will be getting in touch with at least 2 more children on Monday morning to ask them for their Wednesday challenge videos.

Year 5 Shout Outs Page

I would also like to give a huge shout out to Joseph, Holly, Will & Ned who have all worked extra hard this week! Their efforts in their home learning have been really improved and I have been impressed. Shout out as well to G’ft who is working really, really hard with her home learning tasks I am very proud!

You are all doing amazingly! I love the updates you send me on Showbie and you all should be really proud of yourselves! It isn’t long now until the summer holidays so keep it going! There are also exciting things coming….so keep a look out!

As always, I miss you all very much. Have a lovely week! I can’t wait to hear from you all and hear about your weekends! Why not send me a video of you telling me all about your weekends?

Love Miss Waite xxx

RE

Last week, you explored the symbols of the Jewish faith so hopefully you have a better understanding of these. Perhaps you have even started to identify similarities between Judaism and our faith, Christianity. This week, we are exploring the place of worship for Judaism and one of the symbols of the faith in more detail.

Task 1: To show an understanding of the Jewish place of worship.

In our faith, our place of worship is a church. In Judaism, the place of worship is a synagogue. Read the PowerPoint about the Jewish place of worship and then complete both worksheets. Remember to send me your work on Showbie.

Synagogue – PowerPoint Task 1: Places of Worship – Synagogue Task 2: What is a synagogue?  

Here is the synagogue we were set to visit before school closed. Take a look and see if you learn anything new about Judaism on their website.

Task 2: To understand the importance of the Mezuzah in Judaism.

A Mezuzah is a parchment inscribed with religious texts and attached in a case to the doorpost of a Jewish house as a sign of faith. Read more about this symbol of Judaism and then create your own Mezuzah.

Mezuzah – PowerPoint My Jewish Learning – Mezuzah  Make your own Mezuzah  

English

This week, I would like you to watch the video about an unnamed Viking warrior. There are some great opportunities in this video for fantastic description. Click on the button below to go to the Literacy Shed page to watch the video.

Click here to watch the video to inspire your writing.

Unnamed Viking Warrior – TASK (word)  Unnamed Viking Warrior – TASK (PDF)

Below are some ideas that you might like to write about linked to the video:

SPAG

Lots of you enjoyed the SPAG mats last week so here are some more for you. Remember, choose the star you want to complete (1 star = easiest, 2 stars = middle, 3 stars = most difficult). You do not have to complete all 3 stars! 

SPAG Mat 1 SPAG Mat 2 SPAG Mat 3 SPAG Mat 4 SPAG Mat 5

Reading

Here are 4 60-second reads. Try to complete 1 of these per day. They are linked to the Vikings so make sure to add any new facts you learn to a log of facts about the Vikings!

Danegeld by Rudyard Kipling Making a Longhouse Newspaper Report The Magic Hammer

 

Maths

White Rose Maths Worksheets

BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons

 

Lesson 1: Subtracting decimals with same dp ANSWERS Lesson 2: Subtracting decimals with different dp ANSWERS Lesson 3: Multiply decimals by 10, 100, 1000 ANSWERS Lesson 4: Divide decimals by 10, 100, 1000 ANSWERS

Remember our Jump song that we use in class though!! (I just can’t put this on here but the lyrics to our favourite song are below!! Get your air guitars ready!)

Click here for a Place Value Chart to help you (we use these in class too remember).

***WHEN YOU MULTIPLY OR DIVIDE BY 10, THE DIGITS JUMP! THE DIGITS JUMP! WHEN YOU MULTIPLY OR DIVIDE BY 10, THE DECIMAL POINT…IT NEVER MOVES!!! {air guitar} JUMP TO THE LEFT WHEN YOU MULTIPLY BY 10! JUMP TO THE RIGHT WHEN YOU DIVIDE BY 10! JUMP, JUMP TO THE LEFT WHEN YOU MULTIPLY BY 100! JUMP, JUMP TO THE RIGHT WHEN YOU DIVIDE BY 100!***

Here is a video that will hopefully help with multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.

 

Converting Measures

This week, I would also like you to work on converting measures. This is a really important part of learning in Maths in Year 5 and this is something we would have been doing around this time in class. Use the resources provided to help you and try your very best. Your knowledge of multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 will be needed for this task too!

Use this conversion chart to help you know whether to multiply or divide by 10, 100 or 1000.

Task 1: Fluency – Converting Metric Units

We use these activities in class so try to follow the sheet you would have done in class (dolphins/dragons, elephants and golden dinosaurs).

Converting Units PowerPoint

Task 2: Varied Fluency – Converting Metric Units Task 3: Reasoning & Problem Solving

 

Science – Simple Machines

Now you have learnt about forces we are going to move on to learning about pulleys, levers and gears. Find the PDF document of the simple machines posters below.

Simple Machine Posters

 

Simple Machines Wordsearch Simple Machines Word Mat

 

Use the PowerPoint to help you with the following task:

PowerPoint: Click here to learn more about levers, pulleys and gears. Lever, Pulley or Gear? Worksheet

 

History – Anglo Saxons & Vikings

LO: To describe the characteristic features of the past and compare with modern day society.

This week, I would like you to conduct some research into Anglo Saxon life/society in preparation to write an information text comparing the Anglo Saxon time period to now (modern day society). Use the resources below to record your research and information.

Table to record research for Anglo Saxons/Modern Society (Support given) Table to record ideas (no support given) for Anglo Saxons/Modern Society research

Here are some links to help you with your research:

Who were the Anglo Saxons? Anglo Saxon Life Anglo Saxon Facts  Anglo Saxon Food and Drink Life in Anglo Saxon England

Art

Find out about art and culture in Anglo-Saxon Britain.

For Art this week, I would like you to design your own Anglo Saxon inspired brooch. 

Click here to find out more about Anglo Saxon brooches.

Here are some examples of Anglo Saxon brooches.

Plan your design by drawing it on paper, use colours – design it however you want! Then, using foil, create your own brooch. You can use stencils/printing resources to make patterns in the foil or use materials to create colours on the foil. See some examples below:

I’d love to see your plans, final designs and an evaluation too!

Evaluation questions to consider:

Music

I didn’t see many of you complete last week’s Music activity so if you didn’t, go back to Week 13 and listen to the epic Viking battle music! 

This week, I would like you to tell me if you like the battle music. If you do, why? If you don’t, why? Tell me through a voice note on Showbie!

 

PE

This week’s recommendation for our #ThisIsPE lesson is the “Five to One” challenge! Let me know what you think!

Week 13: W/C 15th June

Hello my lovely Year 5s! Another brand new week has arrived. I hope you enjoyed last week’s learning tasks. Showbie was busier than ever and I loved seeing all of your work!! Lots of you seemed to enjoy the Art task so I am going to post some of the artwork that came through on Showbie below. Shout out to John who was the first member of Year 5 to send me his ‘mapping it out’ reading task from last week’s creative reading tasks. Another shout out to Holly and Will who have put in fantastic effort on Mathletics.

Shout out to all of our Year 5 pupils who worked hard on the art task to recreate a famous painting using household items! Here are a selection of some of the recreations below. Check them out – which one is your favourite? If you didn’t complete this task last week but now feel inspired, go for it! I’d love to see what you create! 

We were extremely lucky with the weather on Saturday weren’t we?! After a long week of rainy days, it was nice to feel the sunshine on my face again at the weekend! I’d love to hear about what you got up to at the weekend, so please send me a voice note or video letting me know of your weekend activities!

We are getting closer to the summer holidays now although it feels strange saying that as I haven’t seen your faces in person for such a long time now. I am missing you all very much but I cannot tell you how much your messages, videos, voice notes and work that you send me makes me smile! You are all such a credit to yourselves and I am SO proud of you all! Please keep this up! 

I hope you enjoy this week’s activities – remember our very exciting Wednesday Challenge that is coming on, well, Wednesday of course! I will be getting in touch with one or two of you today (Monday) to let you know if your challenge has been chosen. If your challenge hasn’t been chosen this week, don’t worry – we have plenty of Wednesday Challenge days coming up! 

Have a wonderful week – I look forward to hearing from you all!

Love Miss Waite xxx

 

RE – Judaism

Please complete Week 12’s activities in RE before you complete these tasks. All activities for this topic build on each other so it is important you follow the tasks week by week. 

I LOVED seeing all of your celebrating your diversity tasks – you are all so special in God’s eyes and you are all so loved. There was not one poster from you all that was the same…and I wonder why that was…. because we are all different and it is a GOOD THING! God created us all to have our own individual talents – he didn’t want a world full of one type of person! 

This week, we will move on to exploring Judaism. This is the faith we study in Year 5. You might begin to notice some similarities between Judaism and our faith, Christianity. If you do, send me a voice note on Showbie and let me know…you might already know how the Jewish faith is similar to ours.

Task 1: Symbols of World Faiths

Symbols of faith task – WORD Symbols of faith – PDF  

Task 2: Symbols of the Jewish faith

Judaism – Word Mat Symbols of Judaism – TASK: Matching cards  

Choose 5 symbols to talk about in detail.

I recommend the website below to help you understand the symbols of the Jewish faith. Present this work in any way you choose (written, a poster, PowerPoint, iMovie, Keynote, Book Creator, video of you talking).

Jewish symbols explained for kids…website

 

English

If you haven’t sent me your Leeds Children’s Mayor manifesto, you still have time! Remember, the deadline is today (Monday 15th June).

 

This week, I would like you to focus on your SPAG skills. There are 5 SPAG mats below (they are 1-3 stars, so challenge yourself). This is enough for 1 SPAG mat per day. Please self assess your mats and send them to me so I can see how you get on!

Y5 SPAG Mat 1 Y5 SPAG Mat 2  Y5 SPAG Mat 3 Y5 SPAG Mat 4 Y5 SPAG Mat 5

If you would like to write at length and work your imagination, Pobble365 is a great place to go for inspiration. Choose a picture you like and then scroll down to find sentence starters, story starters and much more to inspire your creative writing.

www.pobble365.com

Maths

White Rose Maths

Remember, these lessons link directly to BBC Bitesize’s Daily Lessons. This is brand new learning below so if you find this a little tricky – that is OKAY! Persevere, seek help from me on Showbie or an adult that can help you at home and remember to self assess your work afterwards so you can see how you did!

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO LINKS FOR THE LESSONS BELOW

 

Lesson 1 – understand percentages ANSWERS

 

Lesson 2 – percentages as fractions and decimals ANSWERS

 

Lesson 3 – adding decimals, same dp ANSWERS

 

Lesson 4 – adding decimals, diff dp ANSWERS

 

Translation of Shapes

Many of you enjoyed the pirate and shape coordinates activities. Here are some more activities to help you with your understanding and skill in using coordinates. You will also be learning a brand new skill of translating shapes.

Translation of Shapes – POWERPOINT

Maths Activities – Translating Shapes

Task 1 – Describe how the shape has been translated Task 2: Draw translated shapes Challenge Cards 2D Shape Mat

 

 

 

 

Trooping the Colour: The Queen’s Official Birthday

Yesterday (Sunday 13th June), was a very special day as the nation celebrated the Queen’s official birthday. Did you see any of the celebrations? Check out the video below to see what happened this year on “Trooping the Colour”. Due to coronavirus, the usual celebrations had to change a little but it was still a spectacular show.

Here are some activities below for you to complete to mark the Queen’s official birthday.

Reading Comprehension

As always, the reading comprehension below is split into 1-3 stars so challenge yourself accordingly.

The Queen’s Birthday – Reading Comprehension (1-3 stars)

Logic Puzzle

I think I might try this this week as at a glance it looks quite tricky! Try this logic puzzle to really get your brain working hard. I can’t wait to see who gets the correct answers first!!

Queen’s Birthday – Logic Puzzle

Art – Design the Queen’s Birthday Cake

Design the Queen’s birthday cake activity sheet

Science

You have now explored all forces: friction, gravity, air resistance and water resistance. The only thing we haven’t explored in our weekly tasks is the force of push and pull. There is a task that explores pushing and pulling on the Homework Grid 7 so try this out! Check out the video below too that tells you more about pushing and pulling.

This week, I would like you to use all of your learning over the past few weeks and identify forces. 

Word Mat Forces Crossword Activity  

Activity 1: Forces in Action Identifying Forces Bingo Boards  Activity 2: Talk about Forces  

Now you have thought about forces in action a little more. Read the statements in the concept cartoons below. Who do you agree with and why? Tell me in a voice note on Showbie. Describe the picture first and then tell me which statement you agree with and why or which ones you disagree with and why. 

 

History – Vikings

I would like to sign post you to the Jorvik Viking Centre’s resources and videos for you to enjoy at home linked to our Vikings topic. If we were at school, we would have visiting the Jorvik Viking Centre in York as a school trip linked to the Vikings. Hopefully you can still enjoy a little bit of this trip at home!

Jorvik Viking Centre: Discover from Home

This week, I would like you to learn more about the vikings invasions – the countries they invaded but also where they came from.

Invasion Map Activity ANSWERS: Map of Viking homelands and settlements

I would also like you to learn more about the Viking longship. Longships were a type of specialised Viking warships that have a long history in Scandinavia. Please read the information below and then complete the reading comprehension. (They are 1-3 stars so check the */**/*** before you download the reading comprehension sheet).

Viking Longship Information (reading) Reading Comprehension (*) Reading Comprehension (**) Reading Comprehension (***)

 

DT – Create your own Viking Longship

Last week, I was really impressed with a certain member of Y5 for making his own viking longship. I would like you all to be inspired by this member and create your own! Where possible, try to use recycling materials from home – there is no need to buy anything new. Cardboard, felt tips, paints, or perhaps even natural resources from outside?? Can’t wait to see what you all create!

This PDF of instructions may help you to create the structure of your longship. Viking Longship Instructions PDF

Create a fearsome figurehead to scare your enemies! Design a Viking longship figurehead

 

Music

Music this week is going to be linked to our theme of Viking Invasions/Battles.

Task 1: Learn & Listen by Instrument

First, I would like you to get to know what different instruments sound like. Follow the link below and listen to the different instruments – you will also find out what family the instruments belong to e.g. strings, percussion, woodwind, brass.

Learn & Listen by Instrument

Task 2: Identify instruments in Viking Battle Music

I would like you to now listen to the battle music below (YouTube) inspired by Viking Invasions/Battles and see if you can identify any of the instruments that you have listened to.

Task 3: Describe the music

Choose your favourite track and using musical terminology (see the resources below to help you), I would like you to describe the musical elements of the pieces.

Music Elements – word cards with definitions Full Glossary of Music Terms

 

 

 

Art/DT – Father’s Day

This coming Sunday, we will celebrate Father’s Day. This week, I would like you to design and make a card for somebody special in your life: Dad, Grandad or Uncle. Here are some ideas I had that you might be able to easily recreate at home.

Click here for some easy instructions to create a similar design to the pictures below.  

PE

Here is my recommendation for your PE lesson this week. There is such a variety of PE lessons on #ThisIsPE so if you don’t fancy this one, have a look on their YouTube and choose your own. I know lots of you are keeping fit and active but these PE lessons are great for also developing your skills. Enjoy!

Week 12: W/C 8th June

Hello my lovely Year 5s! You started your last half term in Year 5 with a BANG! You all worked so hard and I have really enjoyed receiving all your messages and work on Showbie. There was a particular theme this week as everyone seemed to have their creative writing hats on. A big shout out to Lewis, Christopher, Eve, Sophie, Jake and Dominic for their fantastic creative writing! I have been blown away by your fantastic efforts! Another shout out to Gabriel and Eve (again!!) for their fantastic efforts on Spelling Shed and Mathletics. Also, a huge shout out to key worker children in Year 5 (Marcus, Amy & Alice) who have been brilliant this week and working hard even when they couldn’t get in touch with me on Showbie! Well done guys! Please remember to check the Shout Out page to see more of what Year 5 have been up to – you are all working so hard and I think it is nice for you to see that all your class mates are working hard too and that you’re not the only one.

This week, we begin our brand new topic of the Vikings & Anglo Saxons. This will be our last topic together in Year 5 so I hope you enjoy! 

This week, I have celebrated one year until my very special wedding day. It’s so lovely to have something exciting to look forward to and I am counting down the days now until I get married. I’d love to know what you’re looking forward to in the future? Let me know on Showbie! 

Coming soon…Wednesday Challenge!

Remember this week to get your thinking caps on as the new Wednesday Challenge is all up to you guys!! I am really looking forward to receiving your ideas. You can send these to me any time but make sure you get them to me by this Thursday! If I select your challenge, I will be in touch to ask you to prepare a short video so that you can explain the challenge to your class mates in Year 5! Here is the letter that was sent to you on Friday if you don’t know what I’m talking about!

Wednesday Challenge Letter from Miss Waite

You are all amazing. I miss you all so very much. Keep smiling!

Miss Waite xxx

 

RE – Other Faiths

We move on to our new topic of RE this half term which focuses on Other Faiths – specifically Judaism. As you know we were all set to visit a synagogue before schools closed so I will try to bring as much of this experience to you if I can.

This week, I would like you to explore all of the other faiths in the world. We live in a world full of diversity, culture and we know at St Joseph’s that we love celebrating each other’s differences. A world where we are all the same would be extremely boring!

We are taught to treat one another as we would like to be treated and to love our neighbours as ourselves. Whilst you are learning about other faiths and religions in the world, thank God for the wonderful diverse world he created.

Task 1: Celebrate your diversity and what makes you YOU!

I would love you to create something that shows all of the wonderful things about you. Perhaps these are things that are different to others and and these are the things that make you unique, that make you special and that make you YOU! You can present this in any way but I here’s mine as an example.

Task 2: Learn about the world religions

Complete these word searches to develop vocabulary for this new topic.

World Religion Wordsearch World Religion Tolerance Wordsearch

What is the ‘Shared Value’? Find out below and then let me know on Showbie…

I wanted to share the picture below as it shows that no matter the religion, we are all taught something similar. I’d love it if you can read about the ‘shared value’ in the picture below and then tell me what you think the shared value that all religions share.

 

PSHE

This week in PSHE, I would like you to learn more about one of the British Values called ‘Tolerance’. This links really well with our RE topic as we learn about people of other faiths that may believe in different things compared to what we believe in.

Tolerance – Keeping an open mind PPT

Your Task – Showing Respect & Love to All

Look at the PowerPoint above and learn more about the British Value ‘Tolerance’ then create something – this could be abstract artwork, a poster, a poem…to show how we can respect those that are different to us. Present this in any way you choose.

English – Leeds Children’s Mayor Project

I have a very special home learning project for you this week! It is to work on your very own manifesto to be entered into becoming the next Leeds Children’s Mayor!

I suggest watching this video from Wania, the 2019 winner who became this year’s Children’s Mayor for Leeds. 

To enter the Leeds Children’s Mayor project, you need to come up with a low cost/no cost idea that will make your school, community and Leeds a more child friendly place. 

Here are some resources that may help you. 

Leeds Children’s Mayor – Information for Pupils Leeds Children’s Mayor – 2019 Winning Manifesto (Wania)  

If you would like more information, you could visit the websites below.

Breeze Leeds Website: Leeds Children’s Mayor Leeds for Learning Website: Leeds Children’s Mayor  

Once you have thought of your low cost/no cost idea, you will need to complete your manifesto. This is a word document you can write straight on to. 

Download the LCM manifesto template here.

The deadline for your manifesto is Monday 15th June. Please send your completed manifestos to me on Showbie by this date.

Due to coronavirus, the entry process has changed slightly. Usually, the whole class would vote for the manifesto they want to be submitted but this year, I will choose three entries to be submitted. The Leeds Children’s Mayor team will then choose one manifesto to be the entrant from St Joseph’s.

I hope you enjoy this project!! If you want to talk to me more about it over the phone, drop me a message on Showbie and I can give you a call. 

 

Reading – Creative tasks linked to your book

As your English project this week is more open-ended, here are some fun reading tasks for you. These are all for you to link to the book you are currently reading. I can’t wait to see which ones you choose to complete! Send me your work on Showbie! 

Maths

This week, I am providing you with the White Rose Maths worksheets again as I know many of you liked these. These are linked directly with the BBC Bitesize lessons too so the tutorials and videos on there will also help you with the WRM worksheet.

BBC Bitesize: Daily Maths Lessons

White Rose Maths Lessons 1-4

White Rose Maths – Video Tutorials

 

Lesson 1: Decimals as fractions Lesson 1: ANSWERS

 

Lesson 2: Understand thousandths Lesson 2: ANSWERS

 

Lesson 3: Rounding decimals Lesson 3: ANSWERS

 

Lesson 4: Order and compare decimals Lesson 4: ANSWERS

Coordinates Activities

Pirates Coordinates (1 quadrant) Shape Coordinates (4 quadrants)

Science/DT

Water Resistance

This week, I would like you to explore water resistance further. Hopefully, you have completed the grid task on ‘upthrust’ to test whether objects sink or float. Here’s a fantastic example from Oliver to help you if you haven’t already completed this task.

Now we are going to explore water resistance. What do you notice about the shape of the boats below? Why do you think they are shaped like this?

Click on the button below to watch a video about water resistance and air resistance.

BBC – Class Clips: Investigating water and air resistance

Main Task- Boat experiment

Create your own boat and see how the shape of the boat affects the way it glides through the water (the slower it glides through the water, the more water resistance). Once you have created the boat, you can push the boat to move by blowing through a straw.

Water Resistance PowerPoint Boat Race Activity  

Art

This week in Art, I would like you to recreate famous paintings using household items. All you need to do is find a famous piece of artwork and then get creative and recreate it, then take a picture and put the pictures side by side. Here are some examples below. I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with!

Extra challenge: Research the artist of the famous painting you recreate and find out where they were born, when they were born, when they died (if they are no longer alive), where the lived, what inspired them with their artwork and any other interesting facts you find out.

History – Vikings

Complete the KWL grid before you complete any learning. You can continue to add to this throughout the topic. K= what you already know. W= what you want to learn. L= you add to this section as you learn new facts about the Vikings.

Vikings KWL Grid

Introduce yourself to the new topic – explore the new vocabulary needed for this topic.

Vikings Wordsearch

Complete this reading comprehension to begin your learning about the Vikings. Let me know if you learn any new facts!

Victorious Vikings Reading Comprehension

Week 11: W/C 1st June

Hello Year 5! I hope you had a lovely half term and feel well-rested! Haven’t we been so lucky with the sunshine?! I hope you have all been wearing sun cream – I have! I have enjoyed lots of walks, bike rides (although one bike ride was a bit of a disaster as I popped the inner tube of my tyre somehow which meant we had to try and fix it in the middle of a cycle path!) and BBQs with this hot weather and have also managed to read 2 whole books! I really enjoy reading but often find I don’t allow myself the time to sit and enjoy a good book! I can’t wait to hear about what you’ve all been up to!!

I’d like to give a few shout outs to some of you for your fantastic work before half term. I really hope you enjoyed our PSHE themed week. You all really embraced the activities set and it was so lovely to see all of the things you were getting up to. Firstly, a huge thank you to Lewis who wrote me such a beautiful letter to say thank you – it brought a tear to my eye and really made me very happy. I thought this was so fitting into our PSHE week and it was such a kind gesture – so thank you! Another shout out to Sophie who created a word search for her Grandma to say thank you for helping her with baking. Once Sophie’s Grandma completed the wordsearch it spelt out a hidden message! What a lovely, kind thing to do! Shout out to Eloise who was the first member of Year 5 to complete her kindness poem. Well done! Shout out to Molly who really embraced all of the PSHE activities and kept herself extremely busy throughout the week. A HUGE shout out to James who has been working on a fantastic history project at home…check out our class shout out page to find out more!

A huge shout out to all of you! You are all taking this time we are in in your stride and I couldn’t be prouder. I hope you are enjoying spending time with your family at home. I am missing you all so very much and love reminiscing on some of our fantastic memories in Year 5! Some of my favourites are the Science fair, all of our PE lessons together, of course, and our fun Golden Time rewards – PIZZA! There are so many memories that I cherish with you all! I’d love to know what some of your favourite memories of Year 5 so far have been.

The home learning and active learning grids are now fully up to date with lots of new open-ended, creative activities for you to enjoy over the next 2 weeks, as well as weekly tasks set on the website. Remember that the activities I provide are for you to dip in and out of. If you find something that sparks more interest such as a history, geography or science project – go for it!! As always, I would LOVE to see what you get up to and you can upload work, photographs, videos, voice notes or send messages on Showbie!

Have a fantastic week! I can’t wait to hear from you all.

Love Miss Waite xxx

P.S I hope you enjoy our Happy Compilation!

RE – Pentecost

We celebrated the Day of Pentecost on Sunday 31st May. Pentecost is a day when Christians celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit. It is celebrated on the Sunday 50 days after Easter. On the first Pentecost, the apostles were celebrating the festival called Shavuot (a Jewish harvest festival) when the Holy Spirit descended on them. It sounded like a very strong wind and it looked like the tongues of fire. This is a very special day in Church and is regarded as the birthday of the Christian church.

Below are some activities linked to the special day of Pentecost.

Pentecost Story PDF Pentecost Reading Comprehension Pentecost Recount Activity (easy)

 

Art/DT Pentecost Activities

Here are some Art/DT activities for you to enjoy linked to Pentecost. I recommend completing some of the above activities first so that you have a good understanding of the importance of Pentecost before completing these creative activities. Can’t wait to see what you create!

Pentecost Windmill Activity Pentecost Wind Twirl (website link)

 

English

This week, I would like you to focus on some SPAG activities to help you with your writing. Some of this is brand new learning and some of this is revision of what we have already learnt together in class.

Lesson 1: Sentence Structures – Where does the comma go?

Re-write the sentence with correct punctuation Testbase activity – use of commas

 

Lesson 2: Modal verbs and adverbs

Word Mat – modal verbs only Word Mat – Modal Verbs & Adverbs ACTIVITY: identify modal verbs and adverbs

 

Lesson 3: To use brackets for parenthesis.

BBC Bitesize: How to use brackets

PowerPoint – Brackets Activity 1: Insert brackets into sentences (choose 1 star, 2 star, 3 star – challenge) Activity 2: Testbase Questions – Brackets

 

Lesson 4: Creative writing

Try to embed the SPAG activities within your writing now. Click on the button below to choose a picture from Pobble 365 to write about – there are also some examples of simple, compound and complex sentences for you to inspire you. I have also included an example of some creative writing for one of the pictures that I have written myself. You can magpie this and continue writing it if you want to. Remember to share your writing with me on Showbie!

Remember to vary your sentence structures to make it more interesting for the reader! See the top tips in Lesson 1 to help you.

The waves crashed… Miss Waite’s example Creative Writing – choose your own picture to write about

 

Reading (Mayan 60 second reads)

Below are some quick reading comprehensions. Complete one a day and see if you get quicker each day! Set a timer before you start the reading task – let me know your quickest time. (The answers are included so don’t peak). They are all linked to last half term’s topic on the Mayans so I hope you also learn something new!!

You could even create a mini fact file of all the new facts you learn from these 60 second reads! Enjoy!

60 Second Read: Comparisons of Aztecs and the Mayans 60 Second Read: Frederick Catherwood 60 Second Read: Hot Chocolate and the Mayans 60 Second Read: Maya Gods

 

Maths

Here are some Maths Mysteries for you to solve – good luck!!

Maths Mystery – The Mystery of the Cinema Suspects Maths Mystery – The Mystery of the Putrid Pumpkin Poisoner  

This week, please complete the daily lessons that BBC Bitesize are creating. These are absolutely fantastic and I have signposted them to you in previous weeks but this week I would like these to be your focus.

BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons for Year 5

Lesson 1 is already available – multiplying fractions by an integer – and the rest of the lessons are released daily so follow the link below to access each daily lesson! Within the lesson, you will find a video to teach you and help you and then 2 activities – these might be games, practical activities or worksheets. Please try to complete the full lesson and let me know how you get on!

Science

Hopefully you completed the gravity race on the most recent home learning grid as this will help you with this week’s Science activities. We are focusing on the force of gravity this week. 

Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass (e.g. kg) or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward one another. On Earth, gravity gives weight to physical objects, and the Moon’s gravity causes the ocean tides. 

Read the fact file on Newton and Gravity and then complete the questions (these are split into 1, 2 and 3 stars so choose the level of challenge you want).

Newton/Gravity Fact Sheet Newton/Gravity Comprehension Qs  

Here is a PowerPoint all about gravity for you to find out even more…

All about Gravity – PowerPoint

Fancy an investigation all about gravity? Use this resource to help you.

Gravity Investigation

History

L.O: To use sources of evidence to deduce information about the past.

In order to paint an accurate picture of any historic time period, historians have to use a range of sources of evidence to piece together information about a time period – a bit like a jigsaw puzzle.

Use this PowerPoint to guide you through this week’s lesson.

Mayans – Exploration & Discovery – Sources of Evidence PowerPoint

Now complete these activities using the pictures from the artist, Frederick Catherwood (that some of you have studied from the last homework grid).

Frederick Catherwood Photopack – Sources of Evidence Activity Sheet – Historical Picture Study Activity Sheet – Using Sources of Evidence

Art

This week, a task from the homework grid is to create your Mayan mask. You have worked hard on this project so far and have completed the research stage, the planning stage and now it is time to do (in our plan, do, review process). I am going to leave this open and free for you all. Choose whichever medium you want: collage, paint, a model/sculpture (3D), printing etc. you could even do a mosaic mask. Be as creative as you can be! 

Here are some pictures below of a range of methods, techniques and designs for you to look at before creating your own mask. Remember to try to follow your plan but that it is also okay if you deviate away from your plan. You can talk about this in your evaluation! Enjoy! I can’t wait to see your creations. 

Evaluation

Some of you have already created your Mayan masks so you are one step ahead of me! 

Once you have completed your Mayan mask, please complete your evaluation. This is a really important step in the process of an Art project as it gives you time to reflect on the skills you have developed, reflect on what went well in your art and how you could further improve. It is also really important to celebrate your own successes so this is a really nice opportunity! I’d love to see your final products along with your evaluations! 

Please find the evaluation documents below (they are in a Word document format for you to either print and hand write or edit on word).

Evaluation of Mayan masks (main) Evaluation of Mayan Mask (provides support and scaffold)  

PE

Here is my recommendation for your PE lesson this week. There is such a variety of PE lessons on #ThisIsPE so if you don’t fancy this one, have a look on their YouTube and choose your own. I know lots of you are keeping fit and active but these PE lessons are great for also developing your skills. Enjoy!

Music 

BBC Bitesize Music Quiz

I’d love you to have a go at the Music quiz on BBC Bitesize and see how you get on. If you think you could improve your score, there are lots of videos to help you learn about lots of aspects of Music. If you retry doing the quiz – let me know if you improve too! Good luck!

BBC Bitesize Music Quiz Link

Mr Mercer’s Music Lessons

Check out the KS2 Music lesson from Mr Mercer (you will have to follow the link to Mr Mercer’s YouTube playlist and choose the KS2 Play in a Band lesson 1 – see the picture below). I’d love to know how you get on with his lesson so let me know with a message or video on Showbie! Enjoy!!

Mr Mercer’s Music Lessons – YouTube

Week 9: W/C 18th May

Hello my wonderful Year 5s! We now have another brand new week of new opportunities and fun to be had. You all were fantastic last week and it was so lovely to speak to you all on the phone and hear about all the lovely things you have been getting up to! I have had a super busy week working so enjoyed a quiet weekend with lots of walks in the sunshine. I enjoyed my first trip to my local park with Dexter. It was lovely to have a change of scenery and Dexter enjoyed having a huge open space to run! I’ve had Dexter since I was 12 and lived at home. He still lives at home with my Mum & Dad but comes to stay at my house lots! 

I was really impressed with Sophie this week who has been busy doing lots of cooking. She tried a brand new recipe this week on FaceTime with her Grandma and made a tomato soup that tasted just like one from M&S. She has sent me the recipe to try too! I was also very proud of Maxwell who has been working very hard on a chapter book – I am loving the chapters he has sent so far and am looking forward to reading the ending. Another big well done to Dominic who has been working very hard on learning lots of different languages – he has now tried French, Spanish and German! He has shown really perseverance to learn which is fantastic!

Shout out to Holly and Lewis who have achieved the most points on Mathletics this week and another shout out to Oliver who was really proud of himself for achieving a personal best on Mathletics. Well done to all of you!

Remember the activities below are for you to dip in and out of and are there to support you with your learning at home. Remember to check out the new and updated homework and active learning grids. I’m really excited about these ones as some of the activities, I think, are really fun! Please send me what you get up to on Showbie – it is so lovely to see what you get up to at home! 

This week (Week 9) is a very special PSHE themed week so you will notice that lots of activities are linked to PSHE. This week is not only our special PSHE themed week but it is also mental health awareness week with a theme of kindness which fits perfectly with the activities I have set for our special themed week. In Year 5, we love PSHE (PShe) so I hope you enjoy the activities set. Use this week as an opportunity to really connect with your families, to open up conversations about how you are feeling if you haven’t already and to show even more kindness and love towards your family.

Remember to check out our class shout outs page and the new staff shout outs page which is being updated regularly – here you will see what the staff are getting up to too!

I miss you all lots and am continuing to pray that we will all be together again soon, once it is safe. Have a lovely week and have fun!

God bless you all.

Love Miss Waite xxx

 

PSHE Themed Week

Here is something extra special to mark the start of our PSHE themed week!

Virtues Calendar

This week, I would like you all to make an extra special effort with those around you – your parents, siblings, perhaps grandparents if they are staying with you and try to do things that might make them smile or make them happy. A great way to start is by using this virtues calendar. All I am asking is for you to complete one activity per day – that’s just 5 activities this week – from this virtues calendar. You might want to, as a family, continue this so you complete all the activities. Not only will these activities help you to put a smile on other people’s faces but it will also help you to feel better about yourself, recognise what is great about you and think about what you are grateful for or what is important to you.

Virtues Calendar

You could download the resource and follow the instructions to create the ‘windows’ on the calendar (a little like an Advent calendar at Christmas) so you can open the windows each day and by the end you will have all the windows opened/ripped off or you could choose 5 of the activities to complete this week.

Wellbeing Activities

Below are 7 ideas for activities you could do together with your family. These are sure to make you and others smile!

Go Noodle – Movement & Mindfulness Videos

We have used GoNoodle videos in class before. If you don’t already have an account, you will need to ask an adult in your home to create an account with an email. Remember to ask permission before you use the internet.

Printable Activities

Please find below even more activities for you to complete during our PSHE themed week. Some of these are printable activities for you.

1 Minute Brain Break Cards Self-Awareness Challenge Cards What does my head feel like? Activity “I am an amazing person” activity What are my best qualities? Activity The Amazing Brain – Activity sheet Bucket of kindness activity Thank you key workers – colouring in pack Colouring in sheets – bumper pack Writing Activity – Random Acts of Kindness

English

Linking to this week’s PSHE themed week of kindness. Your English task this week is to write a poem titled ‘Kindness’.

Task 1: Write your own definition of an abstract noun.

The word ‘kindness‘ is a noun. Read up about ‘nouns’ and improve your knowledge on the different types of nouns. Remember our rhyme: person, place or thing and identify what is different about the type of noun that the word ‘kindness‘ is.

BBC Bitesize: What is a noun? (KS3 activity) challenge yourself & take the quiz!!

Task 2: Mind map activity (planning stage)

Create a mind map about kindness. Consider all of the following:

• what colour you think kindness would be
• what kindness looks like
• what kindness smells like
• what kindness tastes like
• what kindness feels like
• what kindness might sound like

Use figurative language (similes, alliteration, personification, metaphors) including adjectives and adverbs for each part of the mind map e.g. feels like a warm hug, tastes like flowers in spring, taste (this might be tricky – candyfloss, chocolate). I’m sure you will have lots of ideas! Use an online thesaurus to up-level your vocabulary.

Task 3: Write your poem

Using all of your ideas from your mind map above, write your own poem about kindness. Remember to explode the moment! Add in extra detail and help the reader to see and feel all of the things you are writing by using detailed description. You can do this really well by using similes, alliteration, personification etc. – you are all exceptional at doing this!!

You can use the format below or one of your own choosing (I would say the format below is quite basic and you might be able to come up with something similar). Remember, not all poems need to rhyme.

Kindness is the colour of…
It smells like…
It sounds like…
It feels like…
It looks like…
It tastes like….
When I am kind I feel…

RE/Art

Jesus teaches us to treat others as we would like to be treated and God’s most important commandment is to love God and to love your neighbour as yourself. For RE this week, I would like you to be kind to yourself and treat yourself the way you would treat others. Often, it is easy to forget about being kind to ourselves!

Step 1: (Art) Create a tree. Check out the awesome drawing tricks below to help you get creative with your tree.

For the RE part of this task, you will need to be able to write on the leaves.

Step 2: Fill the tree

Once your Artwork has dried, on each leaf, write all of your amazing qualities – the things you are good at, your personality traits that make you, you such as kindness, patience, courage.. Take inspiration from the Bible quote above. You can also write the things that you like about your life on the leaves – it might be something to do with your family, your friends, where you live, your hobbies, what you enjoy doing, what food you enjoy – anything that makes you happy and makes you who you are! As an extra challenge, you could find Bible quotes about kindness and the qualities that you have to fill around the edge of your paper.

I would like you to take time and be thoughtful with what you write. You will have so many wonderful ideas because you are all amazing! I would love to see your trees once they are full so please send them to me on Showbie. Finally, enjoy the task – perhaps your whole family could make a tree each at the same time.

Prayers

Here are some prayers for you and your families especially our kindness themed week. Perhaps you could even write your own prayer about kindness.

Maths

This week’s focus continues to be on fractions. Here are the worksheets and answers from White Rose Maths. Click on the red button below to find the video links to help you with each lesson.

White Rose Maths – Video Links for this week’s tasks

Lesson 1

Lesson 1: Add and subtract fractions Lesson 1: ANSWERS

Lesson 2

Lesson 2: Add fractions Lesson 2: ANSWERS

Lesson 3

Lesson 3: Add mixed numbers Lesson 3: ANSWERS

Lesson 4

Lesson 4: Subtract mixed numbers Lesson 4: ANSWERS

PE

Mr Cooper has kindly sent through a PE Challenge for you all – it looks like great fun so why not have a go? This is an activity from the active learning grid too!

Mr Cooper’s PE Football Challenge

You could also try a PE lesson from #ThisIsPE. You might recognise Alex who has been in school on many occasions to work with us to do with Burn2Learn. There are lots of PE lessons for you to choose from on the YouTube playlist. Let me know how you get on!

Week 8: W/C 11th May

Hello my little superstars! You are contining to blow me away with your hard work and your positive, resilient attitudes during your time learning at home. As always, it is so lovely to hear from you all on Showbie and see what you are all getting up to! I was particularly impressed with Brody this week for making a sun dial – I thought this was super creative! Also to James for his fabulous efforts in his writing – he is coming up with some fantastic ideas and I know he is working really hard on this so well done! This week, Alice has done a really kind and caring thing and has designed and sent a birthday card to a lady who is turning 100! How lovely!!

Shout out to Will, Ned & Holly who have put in the most time on Mathletics this week. Will was on Mathletics for a staggering 6 hours – this shows real dedication and hard work to your Maths! Well done! Well done to Molly and Marcus also who have both earned a Gold certificate on Mathletics this week! Shout out to Holly and Christopher for working super hard on Spelling Shed this week and also a huge shout out to Aiden, Sophie, Eve and Jake who are ranking top of the class at the moment on Spelling Shed – well done!!

I really hope you all enjoyed VE Day on Bank Holiday Friday and had a lovely weekend! I would love to hear about what you got up to and see any pictures or videos of your VE Day celebrations!

There has been something new and exciting on the website – a page dedicated to home learning shout outs!! Check this page regularly to see if you have been given a shout out – this could be for a piece of work that has wowed me or for your fabulous efforts or attitude! I am so proud of you all!! I am really missing you all very much and I’m praying every day that we can all be together, when it is safe, very soon! Have a lovely week and have fun!

Love Miss Waite xxx

A lovely lady in my village has been making these NHS bears so I now have one on display for everyone to see! 

Stay Safe Online

Please remember to to stay safe online while you are completing home learning. You know this so well but it is so important you practice what you preach. The easiest way to remember how to be safe online is to STOP, BLOCK and TELL if something you see doesn’t quite feel right or makes you feel worried or uncomfortable. Remember to tell a trusted adult – it is fine to send me a message on Showbie as I can still help you even though we are not together in school.

RE

Month of Mary

As you all know, the month of May is dedicated to our Mother, Mary. Whilst we honour Mary every day throughout the year, through prayer, reflection and song, during the month of May, Mary is specially honoured and there are many ways in which we can do this from home.

During May why not try some of the following activities:

• each day, put time aside to pray, remembering especially the work of our Mother, Mary
• arrange fresh flowers on your prayer table at home
• draw an arrangement of colourful flowers and put them on your bedside table
• sketch a picture of Mary our Mother
• make your very own rosary
• say the rosary with your family
• create a poem devoted to Mary
• sing a hymn devoted to Mary, together as a family

 

L.O: To show understanding of the importance of prayer.

This week’s RE task follows on from Week 7 so please make sure you have completed the task for RE in Week 7 first.

Your task is to respond to the question below in detail. 

How does prayer shape your life?

Please write your answers in full detail. As this might be quite personal, you don’t have to share with me if you don’t want to but if you would like to, please feel free to send me your work on Showbie.

 

English

Reading

There are a few options for you this week for reading – see below.

Lots of you are really enjoying Goodnight Mister Tom and I am so thrilled about that! Some of you have already watched the film version. The film version is available on Amazon Prime (for £3.99) and is also available on YouTube to watch for free (although the quality may not be brilliant). If you do watch the film, I would love to know if you find any similarities or differences between the book.

Chapter 4 Guided Reading Comprehensions – Goodnight Mister Tom (answers are on the printable version).

Chapter 4 Comprehension – INTERACTIVE PDF Chapter 4 Comprehension – printable version

 

If you would like to complete some guided reading comprehensions on the Mayans (instead of, or as well as Goodnight Mister Tom) here are some for you. Remember, these are split into 3 stars (1 star being the easiest and 3 stars being the most challenging) so have a go at what you feel is most challenging for you!

Maya Creation Story – Guided Read Mayan Style Writing – Guided Reading (QUESTIONS) Mayan Style Writing – Guided Read ANSWERS

 

Writing

This week, your tasks are more open-ended if you choose which will allow you to be more creative. As we have just commemorated VE Day (the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe), our writing this week will be VE Day themed. Here are some possible writing tasks you could choose from:

1. Write a diary entry about your celebrations on VE Day – this will be nice to pop in your memory box so you remember this nationwide celebration! Remember this is an informal piece of writing and technically, no one has to read this – include your own thoughts and feelings! 

2. Write a non-chronological report (information text) on VE Day and why we celebrate it each year but why this year has been extra special! Remember to write in a formal tone as this is a non-fiction piece to inform your audience. 

3. Write a descriptive piece on VE Day celebrations – it could be a poem or a story opener setting the scene. This can have formal and informal tones. The purpose of this is to entertain your audience. 

Resources to help with Writing Task 1 (diary entry)

Diary Writing Checklist Diary Entry Examples Diary Entry – Helpful Hints/Top Tips

 

Resources to help with Writing Task 2 (non-chron report/information text)

Information Text – Twinkl Helps Non-Chronological Report – Top Tips Features of a Non-Chronological Report Writing Checklist

 

Resources to help with Writing Task 3 (description)

5 Senses Mat (numbered) 5 Senses Mat (open ended) Figurative Language Poster (similes, metaphors, alliteration, personification etc) Description Word Mats Descriptive Writing Checklist

 

 

 

Maths

This week’s focus for Maths begins with area of rectangles and the moves on to fractions. These are all concepts in Maths we have done before together in class so as always, if you are a little stuck or need some help, send me a message on Showbie and I can send you a video tutorial or pointers to help you. Well done for your hard work! I am so proud of you all!

Below are the worksheets, answers and the video link from White Rose Maths (Week 4) to help you: https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/resources/year-5/ https://resources.whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Year-5-Week-4.pdf

Lesson 1: Area of rectangles

Lesson 1 – Area of rectangles ANSWERS

 

Lesson 2: Equivalent Fractions

Lesson 2 – Equivalent Fractions ANSWERS

Lesson 3: Converting improper fractions/mixed numbers

Lesson 3 – Converting fractions ANSWERS

Lesson 4: Compare and order fractions

Lesson 4 – Compare and order fractions ANSWERS

Shape Maths Activities

Here are some 3D shape activities to support your knowledge and understanding of 3D shapes. These are additional to the White Rose Maths activities. Please complete the activities above first!

3D Shape Word Mat3D Shape Posters

Activity 1: 3D Shape Matching Activity Activity 2: 3D Shape Properties Worksheet

Please also start to explore BBC Bitesize as they are releasing daily lessons. Click on the orange button below to be taken to BBC Bitesize’s Year 5 Home Learning Page.

BBC BITESIZE YEAR 5 DAILY LESSONS

 

 

PSHE

This week, I would love you to create a ‘Jar of Smiles’ or a ‘Positivity Jar’. You could call it anything you want – some other ideas are “A jar full of sunshine” or “A jar of positivity”. These jars will remind you of why you are so amazing – we all need to remind ourselves of this regularly! I could write so many things about you all but I would like you to create this about yourself. Click on the links below to explore the jars and choose the one you want to do. I can’t wait to see them when you’ve made them! Perhaps you could ask your family to write things about you to put in your jar too! You are all wonderful and very special to me – enjoy celebrating YOU!

 

Positivity Jar Prompts A Jar of Smiles – Instructions & other ideas

Science

Before you complete this Science task, please complete this air resistance Science task in the home learning grid.

Please see some resources below to support you in this task. 

 

Need help? Air Resistance/Parachute PowerPoint

Here is a worksheet to help you with creating your own parachute. This also provides a space for you to record your results. Remember, try to make your test as a fair as possible. How will you do this?

Parachute results worksheet – editable word document Parachute results worksheet – printable PDF  

L.O: To identify useful types of air resistance.

Once you have created and tested parachutes and have developed your understanding of air resistance, complete the following activity to explore how air resistance can be useful and not useful.

Useful or not useful? Air resistance reasoning worksheet – EDITABLE WORD DOCUMENT Useful or not useful? Air resistance reasoning worksheet – PRINTABLE PDF  

 

History – The Mayans

Maths in History

This week, you are going to become Mayan Mathematicians and explore the Mayan number system! Try to work it out first before looking at the answers. There are clues to help you too! Read the information below in the pictures first and then complete the activity in the big red box. 

Activity Sheet: Mayan Number System – EDITABLE Activity Sheet: Mayan Number System PDF  

 

 

 

Art – Mayan Mask

Make sure you completed the Art task in Week 6 before you complete this week’s Art activity.

L.O: To plan my Mayan mask.

Masks played a central role in Maya culture. They were made for a variety of occasions and purposes, as you now know from your own research. They were also used to decorate temples. Wealthy Mayan people were buried with a death mask which was intended to protect the wearer on their journey to the afterlife.

This week, you are going to be planning your mask, just like we would do in class following the plan, do, review process in Art. You have done your research behind the project and hopefully took some inspiration from your research. Shout out to Sophie for her hard work on the first step of the Art project – I know she has already started to think about her own plan.

Below are some resources to help your to plan your own mask. Consider the following:

1. Decide where you are going to make an event or death mask. Use colours and designs to suit this.

2. List the equipment and resources you will need.

3. Write simple instructions to help you make your mask. 

Design a Maya Mask Instruction Sheet Maya Mask Template  

MFL – French

This week I would like you to continue your learning in French and focus on the weather. Below are some activities to support your learning with this. Please find a PowerPoint, sound clips and activities for you to complete.

French Weather PowerPoint

Here are some sound clips to help with your pronunciation:

French Weather Vocabulary Cards French Weather – Snap Game French Weather – Create a FORTUNE TELLER!  

 

 

Week 7: W/C 4th May

Can you believe it is already May? I think time is going really quickly at the moment and am missing you all lots! Well done for all the learning you completed last week. I really love going on to Showbie and seeing what you are all getting up to and it really does put a big smile on my face! I have been enjoying going for walks and doing Yoga and I have been trying to read more.

Below are some more activities for you to support your learning at home. These are for you to choose from. You do not have to complete everything. There may be some activities in previous weeks you haven’t completed yet so would prefer to do those. These are all just suggestions for you to dip in and out of and if you would like to, you can share your work with me to show me what you’ve been up to or to receive feedback on. The most important thing is that you are all staying safe at home and I am hoping and praying that we can all be together again soon! Have a great week!

VE Day (Victory in Europe) – Friday 8th May – Sunday 10th May 2020

VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) is a day celebrating the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, 8 May 1945. You might hear of lots of celebrations happening this weekend (especially as the bank holiday was changed from the Monday to the Friday to fall on this special day). I know where I live, people are organising a ‘social distancing street party’ where everyone will be on their drives or in their front gardens to celebrate the special day together. Is anything happening where you live?

Below are some activities for you to complete linked to VE Day to support you in your learning about this special day. Enjoy!!

VE Day Fact File VE Day Discussion Sheet Morse Code Activity VE Day Colouring Page WW2 Spit Fire Paper Craft

Here are some bunting crafts – I know I am going to print some of these off to put around my front garden!

VE Day Display Bunting Union Jack Bunting Union Jack Template Bunting – to colour in

 

RE – Symbols of Prayer

L.O: To describe and give reasons for the actions and symbols of prayer.

Your task this week to is to really think about how we pray, at home, at school and in church. Below are top tips to help you. This is a similar task to the one we did about symbols at Christmas time in RE so try to set your work out like we did then (subheading, picture and description). You will need to either think about the symbol of prayer or research why we do that certain action. Write your responses in detail.

Use the PDF resource below (pictures of the actions & symbols of prayer) and the top tips to help you.

Symbols of Prayer – picture resource

 

 

English: Goodnight Mister Tom

This week’s English activities will continue to be linked to Goodnight Mister Tom.

Goodnight Mister Tom – full book pdf Click the black button to access the full book in PDF format.

 

 

Reading

It has been lovely to see what you have all been reading and the different places you have been reading at home. Please ensure you are keeping up with reading at least 4x a week for at least 15 minutes at a time. Although, I know lots of you read much more frequently and for a much longer period of time so well done!

Here is a guided read linked to Chapter 3 of Goodnight Mister Tom for you to complete (Please find Chapter 3 in the full book pdf above).

Goodnight Mister Tom: Chapter 3 Comprehension The answers are included at the top of this guided read so please skip down to the questions first and then you can mark your own work with the answers.

Goodnight Mister Tom: Chapter 3 Comprehension INTERACTIVE PDF Goodnight Mister Tom – Chapter 2 Reading Comprehension INTERACTIVE[/button]  This PDF document is the same as the one above but allows you type the answers into the boxes which will help if you perhaps don’t have a printer.

Writing

For this week’s writing activity, choose the task you have not completed yet. Remember to plan first, then write and edit and improve. 

1. Write a diary entry in role as Tom or Willie. Remember to include thoughts and feelings about the events. Narrative diary writing – informal

2. Write a chapter that could come before chapter 1 about where Willie came from and where he lived before he was evacuated. Perhaps this could be in a place that was heavily affected by World War II. Narrative story writing – choose formality

3. Research World War II and write an information text about evacuations (where children were sent to live in safer places to be protected from wars). Non-fiction style writing – formal

Once you have completed your writing task, please edit and improve your writing.

Top Tips for Editing and Improving: RAMPS

Once you have Below is a picture of the top tips for RAMPS or you could download the worksheet we complete in class when editing and improving to explain your choices.

Edit & Improve – RAMPS detailed

Creative Writing

If you would prefer to write in a more creative, free way, you could use Pobble 365 like we did a few weeks back.

Here is the link: https://www.pobble365.com/

I have selected a few random images from Pobble365 but you could go and choose some yourself. Once you have chosen your picture on the Pobble365 website, scroll down and there are lots of activities that can help you with your ideas.

Maths

This week, the focus for Maths is multiplication and division which is a nice refresher as we haven’t revised this for a while. You were all fantastic at this so be confident and if there is anything you are a little stuck with or need a little extra support, please message me on Showbie with a picture/screenshot/snipping tool image of the question you are stuck on and I can give you extra guidance. 

Please follow this link https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-5/ as White Rose Maths also upload videos that can help you with each ‘lesson’. 

Lesson 1 – L.O: To multiply 2 digits (grid method).

If you are confident, please move on to Lesson 2.

Lesson 1: Multiply 2 digits ANSWERS

Here is a video to remind you of how to use the grid method if you get stuck.

Lesson 2 – L.O: To use written methods for multiplication (4×2 digits).

Lesson 2 – 4×2 digits ANSWERS

Watch the video below if you need a little revision on how to do this.

Lesson 3 – L.O: To use written methods for division (bus stop).

Lesson 3: DIVISION ANSWERS

If you need help remembering how to use the bus stop method for division, watch this video!

Lesson 4 – L.O: To calculate the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.

Lesson 4: PERIMETER ANSWERS

Challenging Arithmetic Tests

If you would like a challenge, here are some trickier arithmetic tests below. The answers are at the bottom so no peeking! Please complete the lessons above first.

Arithmetic Test a Arithmetic Test b

 

Science – Is friction useful?

Complete the task from last week’s home learning grid (if you have already done this, you can move on to the next task)

Find out more about friction on BBC Bitesize – this will help you with the next task.

BBC Bitesize Friction link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsxxsbk/articles/zxqrdxs

 

Once you have completed the above tasks, Download the resource below and use the top tips to help you be successful in this learning objective. 

Useful/not useful friction resource

The Maya Civilisation (The Mayans)

History

If you haven’t already, I would suggest you go back to Week 5 and Week 6 to complete the first few activities about the Mayans so you really get to know about this time period! 

This week’s History task will enhance one of the tasks on the Home Learning Grid which I know lots of you are enjoying complete over the course of a fortnight (2 weeks).

L.O: To understand the cultural and spiritual significance of the Mayan game ‘Pok-a-tok’.

Complete the home learning task first and then complete the resource below. I have attached the word document version for you to edit and the PDF version for you to print out. 

Pok-a-tok worksheet PDF Pok-a-tok worksheet WORD DOCUMENT  

Here is a video of the Mayan game ‘Pok-a-tok’.

 

PSHE / Design Technology – Food

Whilst we are currently at home much more than often, this is a great opportunity for you to get involved in ‘food’ in your house. This could involve food preparation, trying new foods, thinking about food waste at home (do you use leftovers for soups/smoothies? Compost?), or even growing your own fruit and vegetables! You have lots of opportunities to see the process of food from your parents writing their shopping list to then seeing what goes in the bin.

Last term, we met our Food Ambassadors (including Oliver & Eve from our class woo woo!) in an assembly ‘Food Glorious Food’. Please see the PowerPoint below which follows on from this and also includes several activity suggestions for you and your families to try. 

Learning at Home – Food Preparation & Food Waste PowerPoint

 

FOSJ Cookbook

I know lots of you have been cooking a lot recently so I would love for you all to get involved in this!! All you have to do is write up a recipe of one of your favourite dishes and send it to the FOSJ who will then collate these recipes in to a cookbook for the rest of the pupils in our school! Let me know if you do send a recipe to the FOSJ – I’d love to see it too! 

Week 6: W/C 27th April

You have all been so busy now that our usual learning at home has resumed since the Easter Holidays. I would just like to say how proud I am of each and every single one of you – you are showing great resilience, independence and motivation during this time and I can’t wait until we can be together again at school! Please find lots more activities and worksheets to support you with your learning at home. Your messages, videos, photos and work that you upload on to Showbie really put a big smile face and keep me going too! Please continue to share your work with me.

RE – Life in the Risen Christ

I hope you enjoyed retelling the story of the resurrection of Jesus. I enjoyed seeing your artwork, writing and videos of your role play to retell this important story.

Your next task is to write an acrostic poem. This task links to last week’s task so make sure you have completed that task first. 

L.O: To show an understanding of the disciples’ experiences on Good Friday and Easter.

Read the story below that has been taken from our orange RE books.

Now, complete both tasks below.

I would like it if you could hand write your acrostic poems as it is important that you continue to write by hand as well as writing by typing.

Resurrection acrostic poem – writing template

English: Goodnight Mister Tom

This week’s English activities will continue to be linked to Goodnight Mister Tom.

Goodnight Mister Tom – full book pdf Click the black button to access the full book in PDF format.

 

 

Reading

It has been lovely to see what you have all been reading and the different places you have been reading at home. Please ensure you are keeping up with reading at least 4x a week for at least 15 minutes at a time. Although, I know lots of you read much more frequently and for a much longer period of time so well done!

Here is a guided read linked to Chapter 2 of Goodnight Mister Tom for you to complete (Please find Chapter 2 in the full book pdf above).

Goodnight Mister Tom – Chapter 2 Reading Comprehension  The answers are included at the top of this guided read so please skip down to the questions first and then you can mark your own work with the answers.

Goodnight Mister Tom – Chapter 2 Reading Comprehension INTERACTIVE  This PDF document is the same as the one above but allows you type the answers into the boxes which will help if you perhaps don’t have a printer.

Writing

You can choose a different writing task linked to Goodnight Mister Tom you would like to complete. You only have to complete 1 of these tasks a week. Remember to plan first, then write and edit and improve. I’m sure it goes without saying, choose a different activity to last week.

1. Write a diary entry in role as Tom or Willie. Remember to include thoughts and feelings about the events. Narrative diary writing – informal

2. Write a chapter that could come before chapter 1 about where Willie came from and where he lived before he was evacuated. Perhaps this could be in a place that was heavily affected by World War II. Narrative story writing – choose formality

3. Research World War II and write an information text about evacuations (where children were sent to live in safer places to be protected from wars). Non-fiction style writing – formal

Once you have completed your writing task, please edit and improve your writing.

Top Tips for Editing and Improving: RAMPS

Once you have Below is a picture of the top tips for RAMPS or you could download the worksheet we complete in class when editing and improving to explain your choices.

Edit & Improve – RAMPS detailed

Maths

This week, the focus for Maths this week will continue with decimals so please ensure that you have completed Week 5’s Maths activities before you move on to Week 6 as this week’s activities build on last week’s. If there is anything you are a little stuck with or need a little extra support, please message me on Showbie with a picture/screenshot/snipping tool image of the question you are stuck on and I can give you extra guidance. This applies to Mathletics too!

Lesson 1 & 2 

L.O: To add and subtract decimals with the same number of decimal places.

These tasks build on last week’s learning so last week’s top tips will still apply. Number 1 rule: USE PLACE VALUE HEADINGS

Lesson 1 – Adding decimals same places Lesson 1 – ANSWERS  

Lesson 2 – Subtracting decimals same places  Lesson 2 – ANSWERS  

Lesson 3

L.O: To add decimal numbers with different decimal places.

Use the following top tips I have written to be successful in the task for this lesson and learning objective.

Lesson 3 – Adding decimals different places Lesson 3 – ANSWERS  

Lesson 4 

L.O: To subtract decimal numbers with different decimal places.

Use the following top tips I have written to be successful in the task for this lesson and learning objective. Remember, largest number at the top when subtracting!

Lesson 4 – Subtracting decimals different places Lesson 4 – ANSWERS  

Arithmetic Practice

Here are some more arithmetic practices for you if you would like to do these. Please complete the lessons first! Answers are included.

Y5 Arithmetic 4 Y5 Arithmetic 5  

 

Classroom Secrets Kids Activities

To access these activities/tasks, your parents will need to set you up with a log in (an email has been sent to your parents with instructions on how to do this). There is a link with the other online platforms that takes you straight to Classroom Secrets Kids or the link is here: https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/

Here are some activities for you to complete which include arithmetic practise and reasoning and problem solving.

Year 5 Arithmetic Test Practice 1

Year 5 Multi-step Addition and Subtraction Problems Reasoning Practice

 

The Maya Civilisation (The Mayans)

History & Geography

I hope you have enjoyed your learning so far in our Mayan topic. I have been reminiscing over some old holiday photos and it has made me want to return to Chichen Itza too! I hope you enjoy this week’s activities linked to the Mayans. Please make sure you complete Week 5’s activities first for the Mayans before completing this week’s activities.

Chichen Itza is located in the rainforests of eastern Mexico. You have already done some learning about rainforests so we will build on this during this half term.

Task 1: Rainforest Guided Reading Comprehension

Remember to underline or highlight key words and use your skim and scan skills when answering the questions. The guided reading comprehension has 3 levels. 1 star is the easiest and 3 stars is the most challenging.

Rainforests Guided Reading Comprehension

Task 2: Layers of the Rainforest

Here is a labelling activity to help you revise the layers of the rainforest as well as the animals that might live in each layer of the rainforest. You could print this off and cut and stick or you could use the snipping tool on a word document to create this piece of work.

Layers of the Rainforest Activity

Task 3: Religious beliefs of the Mayans

Here are some links that might help you with your research:

• https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/mayans/mayan-gods/
• http://www.mayankids.com/mmkbeliefs/gods.htm
• https://www.ducksters.com/history/maya/religion_and_mythology.php

I would love it if you could present your research, this could be a poster, written information, leaflet, powerpoint – you probably have more ideas than me! 

Click the red button for a Top Trumps template to complete  Top Trumps Template 

Science – Forces & Motion

Our new Science topic is Forces & Motion which lots of you are already enjoying from our home learning grid activities. This is a hands on, investigative topic which I hope you will be able to dive into with materials you already have at home! This will not only improve your scientific knowledge and understanding but also your working scientifically skills too! Perhaps you could even re-use your white science week lab coats when doing your science lessons at home. Enjoy!!

Here is a video to hook you into our new Science topic – what is happening in the video? Can you use scientific vocabulary or knowledge to explain?

Here are some activities to get you hooked into this topic:

Magnetism Word Search  Exploring Magnets Worksheet

Investigation: Testing if objects are magnetic

I would like you all to investigate materials that are magnetic.

Here is a differentiated worksheet for you to record your results in: Magnetic Objects Results Differentiated Worksheet

Art/DT

Your Art task this week is the beginning of your Art project for the next few weeks linked to our Mayan topic. Your project will be making Mayan masks.

Art Project – Step 1: Research Stage

I would like you to first research the different uses the Mayans had for masks as this will form the research behind your own Mayan mask. Please also see the PowerPoint below which might help you to learn about the different uses of Mayan masks.

Mayan Masks – PowerPoint

You must complete the worksheet below before you move on to planning/designing or creating your own mask. Please send your completed worksheets on Showbie.

Lesson 1: Mayan mask uses worksheet – PDF TO PRINT  Lesson 1: Mayan mask uses – WORD DOCUMENT TO EDIT

 

Music

I hope you enjoy this week’s music task. It is so important to appreciate music – not just current music but music from before you were born as music is a langauge everyone can speak! Below are top tips to help you and I will also include some of my favourite songs from some of these decades!

Please complete this task with an adult at home so they can share their experiences of music with you too! Enjoy! 

1970s – One of my favourite songs

1980s – This one was tough to choose a favourite because I LOVE music from the 80s!

1990s – I was born in 1995 but I remember lots of these songs from the discos we had in primary school.

2000s – This was tricky too!! I could have chosen so many songs! 

2010s – again, SO HARD TO CHOOSE! There are so many artists and songs I love but I do love this song!

Week 5: W/C 20th April

I hope you all enjoyed the ‘Easter holidays’ and had lots of family time and fun. It has been lovely seeing what some of you have been up to so well done and thank you for continuing to work hard these past two weeks. Please find activities and worksheets to support your learning at home this week. I am now expecting to see lots more work and will be on Showbie each day. I will be checking Mathletics and Spellodrome too. 

RE – Mini Vinnie Easter Display Competition

Mini Vinnie Easter Display Competition – The deadline for any entries to be submitted for this competition is this Wednesday (22nd April)! If you do take part in this competition, I would love to see them! 

RE – Life in the Risen Christ

Our new RE topic is ‘Life in the Risen Christ’. This topic focuses first on the Easter story and then we will move on to learning more about prayer.

Your first task is linked to the Resurrection story.

L.O: To retell the story of the resurrection of Jesus.

Watch the video below of the resurrection story (start at around 3 minutes). This is where, on the third day, several women (Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, Joanna and Salome are all mentioned in the gospel accounts) went to the tomb at dawn to anoint the body of Jesus and an angel appears.

You can retell this story in which ever way you choose. You could use role play, draw a cartoon strip, re-write the story in your own words – I am sure you have more ideas too. I would love to see how you do this so please send me your work on Showbie. Remember, this could be a picture, a video or the document uploaded. 

English: Goodnight Mister Tom

Goodnight Mister Tom – full book pdf

Reading

It has been lovely to see what you have all been reading and the different places you have been reading at home. Please ensure you are keeping up with reading at least 4x a week for at least 15 minutes at a time. Although, I know lots of you read much more frequently and for a much longer period of time so well done!

This week’s English activities are linked to a new text – Goodnight Mister Tom. Most of you will have seen this book sat in our reading corner in the Year 5 classroom so if you haven’t read it yet, here is another book you can add to the list of books you have already read! Enjoy! 

Here is Chapter 1 for you to enjoy reading. After you have read Chapter 1, you will find lots of fun activities at the end like making your own jam or learning about World War II (we all know Ned is going to love that!!!). If you do complete any of these activities, please do send me them on Showbie! 

Goodnight Mister Tom – Chapter 1

Here is a guided read linked to Chapter 1 for you to complete.

Goodnight Mister Tom – Chapter 1 Guided Read  The answers are included at the top of this guided read so please skip down to the questions first and then you can mark your own work with the answers.

Goodnight Mister Tom – Chapter 1 Interactive Guided Read   This PDF document is the same as the one above but allows you type the answers into the boxes which will help if you perhaps don’t have a printer.

Writing

You can choose which writing task linked to Goodnight Mister Tom you would like to complete. You only have to complete 1 of these tasks this week. Remember to plan first, then write and edit and improve.

1. Write a diary entry in role as Tom or Willie. Remember to include thoughts and feelings about the events. Narrative diary writing – informal

2. Write a chapter that could come before chapter 1 about where Willie came from and where he lived before he was evacuated. Perhaps this could be in a place that was heavily affected by World War II. Narrative story writing – choose formality

3. Research World War II and write an information text about evacuations (where children were sent to live in safer places to be protected from wars). Non-fiction style writing – formal

Once you have completed your writing task, please edit and improve your writing.

Top Tips for Editing and Improving: RAMPS

Once you have Below is a picture of the top tips for RAMPS or you could download the worksheet we complete in class when editing and improving to explain your choices.

Edit & Improve – RAMPS detailed

 

 

 

 

Maths

This week, the focus for Maths is going to be on adding and subtracting decimals. Please find the learning objective, top tips and the task with the answers below.

Click on the green button to find video links to help you with the lessons below: Home learning video links – decimals  

Lesson 1 & 2 

L.O: To add decimals within 1.   L.O: To subtract decimals within 1.

Lesson 1 – Adding decimals within 1   Lesson 1 – Answers Lesson 2 – Subtracting decimals within 1  Lesson 2 – Answers

Lesson 3

Imagine this as your number bonds to 1! Use the top tips above to help you but you should be able to do this mentally!

Lesson 3 – Complements to 1 Lesson 3 – Answers

Lesson 4 – Adding decimals crossing 1

Remember to use carrying when adding decimals that will go over a whole. Use place value headings as this will help you!

Lesson 4 – Adding decimals that cross over 1 Lesson 4 – Answers

 

The Maya Civilisation (The Mayans)

History & Geography

Our new topic is the Mayans! This is one of my favourite topics so whilst you are still learning at home, I hope you can enjoy this topic as much as me! One thing we will learn about is Chichen Itza – which is a city that the Mayans built (now ruins) – that is in Mexico. The temple, El Castillo, was built by the Mayans. There are so many fascinating facts around the Mayans and I can’t wait for you to enjoy learning about this topic too!

Here are some activities and resources to get you hooked into our new topic!

The Maya Civilisation Word Search  The Maya Civilisation Fact Cards  

Task 1 – Timelines

Remember the rules about timelines and that the larger the number in BC the longer ago it was! 

Week 4: W/C 14th April

I hope you had a happy and holy Easter. Please find activities and worksheets to support your learning at home. As we are still in what would have been the Easter holidays I understand if you are not completing as many activities. I have enjoyed seeing what some of you have been up to last week and look forward to seeing what you get up to this week!

RE: Happy Easter!

We have now celebrated Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I hope you had a happy time and stayed safe at home. I enjoyed a quiet weekend at home and spent lots of time in the garden. I also enjoyed a few Easter eggs and some crisps now that Lent is over! 

Your task is to research the symbols around Easter time and identify their meaning.

Here’s a few symbols of Easter for you to start on. What other symbols of Easter are there? What is the meaning of these symbols? Where does this meaning come from?

Mini Vinnie Easter Display Competition

You still have time to enter the Easter Display competition. The deadline for this any entries to be submitted for this competition is Wednedsay 22nd April. Details of how to submit entries are below. I would love to see any of your displays that you have been working on or any that you create before the deadline.

Mini Vinnies Easter Display Competition

 

Reading

As well as reading for pleasure, please also complete the reading comprehension below all about Easter. Remember to challenge yourself by choice: 1 star is the easiest, 2 stars is medium and 3 stars is the most challenging. The answers are also included but no peeping until you’ve given it a really good try.

Please remember to send me your work on Showbie as I would love to see how you get on with this.

Story of Easter Reading Comprehension

Please ensure you are keeping up with reading at least 4x a week for at least 15 minutes at a time. Although, I know lots of you read much more frequently and for a much longer period of time so well done!

Writing

I hope you enjoyed the poetry task last week. I really enjoyed reading some of the poems you all sent me on Showbie.

Writing Task: Start to create a journal to document your time at home

Your next home learning task will hopefully be an ongoing project and is something I have already been doing since school closed and is to keep a journal throughout this time. Write a diary entry each day to record what happens in your day, how you are feeling, what activities you did during the day. Try to find the really positive experiences that are happening every single day! Like the clap every Thursday for NHS workers, spending time together as a family, seeing rainbows in people’s windows or perhaps having time to read a book you’ve wanted to read for a while or watch a film.

Remember how much we like to read diaries as first hand experience of people back in history? Well one day you will talk about this strange period in your life when you had lots of time off school due to a virus and having a diary to recall what happened would be really interesting. You don’t need to send me any of your journal entries as these will be personal to you but if you would like to then that is also fine. Here are some top tips to help you write a good diary.

Click here for examples of diaries.

Click here for helpful hints for diary writing.

Click here for features of a diary checklist.

Maths – Easter Themed

Happy Easter! Here are some more Easter themed maths activities for you to complete.

Maths Mystery Mystery Answers  

Maths Themed Challenge Cards

 

Art/DT

I’ve seen a lovely idea for you to also capture your experience of being at home during the Covid-19 pandemic. See the example below and then perhaps you could follow the instructions to create your own with your family. I’d love to see whatever you do create! Have fun!

Instructions:

You will need:

• 500g plain flour
• 250g salt
• 250ml water

Method

1. Mix into a dough
2. Roll out then press handprints (or make print)
3. Bake in oven on a low temperature for 3-4 hours
4. Paint then varnish to seal

Week 3: W/C 6th April

Please find activities and worksheets to support your learning at home. I will still be on Showbie if you would like to upload any work or message me on there. However, as this would have been the Easter holidays I understand if you are not completing as many activities.

RE: Holy Week

We are now in Holy Week, a time where we prepare for Jesus’ death and resurrection, so please find below activities to support your prayer and liturgies at home and your learning in RE.

Holy Week – Resources & Activities for Home

The Mini Vinnies have also launched an Easter Display competition (details below) and I would love for you all to give this a go and submit your entries and also share your Easter Displays with me on Showbie. I will then be able to share some of these on our Year 5 class page. The deadline for this any entries to be submitted for this competition is Wednedsay 22nd April. Details of how to submit entries are below.

Mini Vinnies Easter Display Competition

 

Reading

As well as reading for pleasure, please also complete the reading comprehension below all about Easter. Remember to challenge yourself by choice: 1 star is the easiest, 2 stars is medium and 3 stars is the most challenging. The answers are also included but no peeping until you’ve given it a really good try.

Please remember to send me your work on Showbie as I would love to see how you get on with this.

Easter Themed Reading Comprehension

Please ensure you are keeping up with reading at least 4x a week for at least 15 minutes at a time. Although, I know lots of you read much more frequently and for a much longer period of time so well done! 

Writing

Poetry

Your home learning task in writing is to write an Easter themed poem. I have included the beginning of an Easter poem below and your task is to complete the poem. Remember, a stanza is like a verse in a song and we might see these as the paragraphs in the poem.

• Identify the rhyming pattern in the poem
• Think of words that are linked to Easter that rhyme
• Write your own stanzas
• Remember to continue the rhyming pattern throughout

Once you’ve planned your poem, write it out neatly and decorate it. Perhaps you could send your poem to a neighbour or to your grandparents. I am sure this will be a lovely Easter surprise!

Maths – Easter Themed

As we are in Holy Week, please complete the Maths mystery below. Can you solve the mystery? Easter Themed Maths Mystery

Try the Easter Themed Multiplication Mosaic too. Easter Themed Multiplication Mosaic

Science – Eggsperiment 

Your home learning task in Science this week is a very eggciting (pardon the pun) experiment linked to Easter. Can you drop an egg from high above without it breaking? Could you have a competition at home with your family to see who wins? Or, you could all work together and try and try again until your egg can land safely without cracking/breaking! Good luck!

Egg Drop Science Experiment  Egg Drop Science Experiment Prompt Sheet  Egg Drop Science Experiment Record Sheet

Now, write instructions so that someone else in your class can perform the egg drop successfully without the egg breaking. Remember to include:

• equipment needed
• method (how to make the protection for the egg)
• variables (what you will change and keep the same to make it a fair test?)
• conclusion (if you follow the instructions, what will happen?)

Week 2: W/C 30th March

Please find lots of activities, worksheets and documents to support your learning in Year 5. I would love to see what you get up to so please upload anything to Showbie – this can be word documents, powerpoints, voice notes, pictures or videos. 

Remember to also continue to complete the tasks on the home learning grid and active learning grid above before these are refreshed on Friday.

Reading

Where can you read?

Over the course of this week, I would love to you just ‘have fun’ when reading! Where is the most extreme or strangest place you can read in the comfort of your own home or garden? Can you read on your trampoline? In a Wendy house? On a swing? In a den? I am sure you can think of more creative places!
Here are some examples of ‘extreme’ reading… You will have to be imaginative as to where you read in your home/garden as you won’t be able to get to this extreme level!

Reading Comprehensions

Please find some reading comprehension booklets linked to our Science topic of ‘Living things and their habitats’. They are split into 3 parts, 1 star is the easiest and 3 stars is the most difficult. See if you can challenge yourself!

Click for a reading comprehension on British Mammals Click for a reading comprehension on British Reptiles  Click for a reading comprehension on Garden Birds  Click for a reading comprehension all about Our Coasts  Click for a reading comprehension all about Plastic Pollution  Click for a reading comprehension all about Pond Life

Writing

Below are some ideas to inspire you with your writing. All ideas/pictures/pdf documents have been taken from Pobble 365 so if the inspiration below doesn’t quite tickle your fancy, have a browse on the other pictures for ideas to help you write.

Click here for writing activities for ‘Then and Now’

Click here for writing activities for ‘On the Prowl’

Click here for writing activities on ‘The Mountain Pass’

Maths

This week, I would like you all to focus on ‘Statistics’ and look at line graphs and tables. Below are worksheets for you to attempt as well as the answers in a separate document to download. I have also included some top tips for you to match the activities.

Line Graphs

Read and interpret line graphs  ANSWERS Draw line graphs ANSWERS

 

Tables

Read and interpret tables  ANSWERS Two way tables ANSWERS

 

Try to solve some of these fun Maths mysteries…

The Mystery of the Brilliant Breakfast The Mystery of the Locked Cupboard

RE

Watch the video below of the parable of the Lost Son and also find and read the parable in the Bible (Luke 15:11-32). 

Now, follow the top tips to show your understanding of the importance of reconciliation. You could present this work in any way, by hand (written) or on a word document or perhaps through art that is annotated.

Science

Our next topic will be Forces. Try and learn about Forces by creating a balloon car. Can you find out about what kind of forces you encounter on a daily basis?

Take photos or videos of what you create and what you find out! 

 

 

Design Technology

There are already cooking/baking tasks on the homework grid to support your learning in DT.

You could also try these Lego Challenges below which will support your learning too & they are super fun for our Lego Lovers in Year 5!

Week 1: W/C 23rd March

Below are activities, worksheets and documents to support your learning during your first week of learning at home. Remember to upload any work you complete to Showbie! 

Reading Challenges 

Have a go at some of these challenges below linked to any book you are reading or have read. Please upload some of this work to Showbie because I would love to see what challenges you complete!

Writing

Below are some tasks that will help support your learning in writing. Where possible, these are links to our class text “The Explorer”.

Task 1: To identify the use of descriptive language.

Top Tips:

1. Identify the powerful words that stand out to you – ones that have an impact on you as a reader.
2. Identify as many adjectives as you can. Can you then find some synonyms for these adjectives?
3. Identify as many synonyms as you can.

 

Task 2: To identify and use personification.

Top Tips:

1. Personification gives an noun (object/thing) a human characteristics.
2. Pick out the words/phrases that describe the fire as if were a person.
3. Pick out any words/phrases that show how the fire represents the characters’ (more than one) emotions (feelings).

 

Maths

Please download the following documents to support you in your learning in Maths. These are called ‘tests’ but they are just to help you practise and use and apply different skills we have learnt so far in Year 5. If you struggle with any concepts, do not worry. Use some of the links below to help or move on and do what you can!

Y5 Arithmetic Practice Test 1        Y5 Arithmetic Practice Test 2

Y5 Add and Subtract Reasoning and Problem Solving          Y5 Multiples and Factors Reasoning & Problem Solving

Links to help you in Maths:

BBC Bitesize KS2 Maths

BBC Bitesize Primary Maths GAMES